Letter: Response to SGA Disqualification
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “sga”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter letter covers Schaefer Whiteaker’s response to being disqualified after the SGA election.
- The letter says the disqualification involved four people who emailed friends and students urging them to vote for Whiteaker during a period when candidates could not ask supporters to campaign for them.
- The paper reported that the four people said in sworn affidavits that they acted independently and were not asked or encouraged by Whiteaker.
- Whiteaker wrote that students had elected him treasurer, that he accepted the ruling with regret and advice, and that the rules should be updated to prevent similar interpretations in the future.